Category: Blog Roll

British Geophysical Association Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting 2013

Five PhD students from the Geology and Geophysics research group presented their work at the annual British Geophysical Association Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting, hosted by the University of Cambridge. Seismologists, Ryan Gallacher, Thomas Hall and Saikiran Tharimena, and exploration geophysicists Kelvin Amalokwu and Melis Cevatoglu presented a broad range of work from imaging deep… Read More British Geophysical Association Postgraduate Research in Progress Meeting 2013

Saikiran Tharimena

New PhD Cohort Geology and Geophysics Research Group

  Millie Watts My PhD studies “Submarine Mega-landslides and their relationship to climate change”. It will be looking into the palaeoclimate signals from an existing core from the Eirik drift to constrain the date of an anomalous turbidite-like layer from c. 8000 cal yr. BP and determine whether it is sourced from the Storegga Slide… Read More New PhD Cohort Geology and Geophysics Research Group

Hachem Kassem

Fieldwork in Cabras Lagoon, Sardinia, Italy

  Prof Carl L. Amos and PhD student Hachem Kassem, from the coastal processes research theme within Geology and Geophysics at NOCS/University of Southampton, have recently participated in a scientific field campaign in the Cabras Lagoon, Sardinia, Italy. The work was undertaken within  RITMARE, the Italian National programme of scientific and technological marine research; through… Read More Fieldwork in Cabras Lagoon, Sardinia, Italy

Hachem Kassem

The influence of coastal reefs on spatial variability in seasonal sand fluxes

A new paper led by G&G Research Fellow, Shari Gallop, has just been published in Marine Geology. The focus of the paper was on how the topography of coastal reefs drives alongshore variation in the mode and magnitude of erosion and accretion on a sandy beach in southwestern Australia. To achieve this, sub aerial beach surveys were… Read More The influence of coastal reefs on spatial variability in seasonal sand fluxes

Shari Gallop

Bullerwell Lecture 2013 – Magmatism and deformation during continental breakup

The highlight of this year’s British Geophysical Association (BGA) Postgraduate Research in Progress meeting, hosted by the University of Cambridge, was undoubtedly the annual Bullerwell Lecture. The 2013 Bullerwell Lectureship (presented each year by the Royal Astronomical Society to ‘an outstanding, young British Geophysicist’)  was awarded to Dr. Derek Keir, lecturer in Earth Science at the… Read More Bullerwell Lecture 2013 – Magmatism and deformation during continental breakup

Ryan Gallacher

Recent seismic cruises study ancient continental breakup offshore NW Spain – by Marianne Karplus

This summer a number of University of Southampton geophysicists participated in a large, international seismic expedition to study continental breakup in the Deep Galicia Basin, offshore northwest Spain. The project includes acquisition of ocean bottom seismometer as well as multi-channel seismic reflection data onboard two separate research vessels, RV Poseidon and RV Marcus G. Langseth.… Read More Recent seismic cruises study ancient continental breakup offshore NW Spain – by Marianne Karplus

Shari Gallop

SCOPAC grant awarded for sediment transport study

Shari Gallop, Charlie Thompson and Ivan Haigh have been funded by SCOPAC (Standing  Conference on Problems Associated with the Coastline; http://www.scopac.org.uk/) and the Southern Coastal Group (http://www.southerncoastalgroup.org.uk/) to investigate sediment transport pathways offshore of Poole and Christchurch Bays in The Solent, UK. They plan to focus on Dolphin Bank and Dolphin Sand that are approximately 10… Read More SCOPAC grant awarded for sediment transport study

Shari Gallop

A particularly volcanic volcano conference, Japan – by Mike Cassidy

I was recently lucky enough to spend some time in Japan as part of a scientific conference in the southern-most tip of Kyushu along with my colleague Sebastian Watt. The conference was called IAVCEI, and is the ‘world cup’ of volcanology meetings, as these international gatherings only occur every 4 years. This was my first… Read More A particularly volcanic volcano conference, Japan – by Mike Cassidy

Hachem Kassem